CLEVELAND, OH - The New Mexico State football team was represented well in the recent release of the Phil Steele All-Sun Belt Conference team honors Wednesday morning. A total of eight Aggies earned first, second or third-team honors with three of the eight earning first-team accolades.

Offensively, Jaleel Scott led the trio of winners from that side of the ball with first-team honors after finishing the regular-season in a tie for the league lead in touchdowns with eight. The 6-6 wide receiver also led the league with 73 receptions and was second in receiving yards (1,042) – which ranked 18th in the nation. Scott also earned 1st Team All-Sun Belt honors.

Larry Rose III was named to the Phil Steele All-Sun Belt Second Team, to add to his second-team honors from the SBC on Dec. 6. Rose capped off his senior season second in the conference with nine rushing touchdowns and 807 rushing yards to finish in fifth. Continue Reading This Post >>

NEW ORLEANS, LA - The Sun Belt Conference announced the all-conference teams on Wednesday afternoon. After a historic season in the City of Crosses, New Mexico State football saw eleven players named to the All-Sun Belt teams while one took home a postseason award.

Three Aggies earned first-team honors in 2017 led by wide receiver Jaleel Scott. The 6-6 wide out was named to the first-team offense after a senior season that saw him tie for the Sun Belt lead with eight touchdowns and 73 receptions. Scott was also second in the league with 1,042 receiving yards and 18th nationally heading into the bowl season. Continue Reading This Post >>

NEW ORLEANS, LA - The Sun Belt Conference announced the football player of the week awards on Monday. New Mexico State quarterback Tyler Rogers was named offensive player of the week and linebacker Terrill Hanks earned the defensive honors.

Rogers orchestrated an incredible home finale in his NM State career leading the Aggies to a 22-17 win over South Alabama and the team is now bowl bound for the first time since 1960. Rogers was in a rhythm all night going 40-for-61 for 451 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

The Peoria, Ariz. natives night saw him command a game-winning drive in the closing minutes where the senior led the Aggies 83 yards down the field and capped off the series with a seven-yard touchdown pass. Continue Reading This Post >>

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State football team has accepted an invitation to the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl to take on a familiar bowl opponent in Utah State on Dec. 29 at 3:30 p.m. MT in Tucson, Ariz. at Arizona Stadium on the CBS Sports Network. The rematch is almost 57 years to the date of when NM State took on Utah State in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31, 1960.

Following the bowl invitation head football coach Doug Martin said, “Getting to a bowl game is the way our senior class should go out. They are a remarkable group and have changed the culture here at New Mexico State. This bowl shows that we can do great things here and the best days are ahead.”

The Aggies last postseason appearance saw an undefeated NM State team take down Utah State, 20-13, in the 1960 Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. Since that time, the Aggies have only had nine winning seasons. Continue Reading This Post >>

NEW ORLEANS, LA - The Sun Belt Conference announced the players of the week on Monday morning. After a career night on the road versus Sun Belt foe Texas State, New Mexico State defensive end Cedric Wilcots II earned the defensive player of the week nod.

Wilcots was all over the field on Saturday posting five tackles, including a career-high three sacks. The sack total had not been recorded by an Aggie since Aubrey Dorisme had three against Middle Tennessee on Oct. 11, 2003.

The sophomore also tallied three forced fumbles, the first three of his career. This disruptive play helped give the Aggies the edge in the turnover margin against the Bobcats.

This is Wilcots’ first Sun Belt Player of the Week honor and the fourth this season for an Aggie with quarterback Tyler Rogers and defensive back Ron LaForce earning the honor on Sept. 11 and Shamad Lomax receiving the distinction on Sept. 25. Continue Reading This Post >>